Sonia turned the space ring and took out a white music card. Ash had a vague impression of it, as if it was an item that appeared in Deda Rose's classic film "I Mind" but that was a light urban comedy ten years ago.

She pinched the two sides of the card and rubbed it gently, and it expanded into two earphones, one on Ash's ear and the other on her own ear. Then she pressed the button on the card and selected songs through the LCD screen above - this turned out to be a multimedia player that combined functions such as placement, charging, and song playback.

Deda Rose's tender voice with a hint of Starry accent rang out from the headphones, with a hint of helpless doting in her resentment:

"I still like you even if you have a hundred flaws"

"No one can compare to you."

…

"You don't appreciate me"

"I've done so much for you, but I'm only loyal to one person"

"I wonder if I owed you in my previous life?"

"I don't know how to grasp you"

"I can't keep silent until I realize my mistake for you"

"My self-esteem is so low because I love you so much"

It was the theme song of "Actually I Mind". It was supposed to be a duet, but this was a special solo version by Deda Rose. Sonia hummed softly while listening to it. Her voice was ethereal and full of vitality, which was completely inconsistent with the tonality of the song. It sounded like a simple little girl who sang along with any song she liked.

If you think about it carefully, the world of children is really simple. They sing whatever songs they like, like whatever colors they like, and when they feel hurt or uncomfortable, they just make a gloomy face to tell the world that they are unhappy. On the contrary, when they grow up, not only do they not have favorite colors, they can't even say directly that they are in a bad mood. They can only sing sad love songs on repeat in the middle of the night when no one is around, and tell the world in a roundabout way that both today and I are a little sad.

Sonia stood up while humming, stepping on the edge of the cliff. As a demigod, even if Sonia fell hard, it would be fine. On the contrary, she would smash the mountain into several human-shaped pits. But for some reason, Ash was very nervous and grabbed her long, slender fingers with distinct joints.

"Do you think this thing is a bit outdated?" Sonia asked with a smile.

Ash thought about it and nodded. The miracle bracelet that every ordinary person in the Stars has is a multimedia device that combines all common functions. It can not only listen to music but also watch dramas. It is also portable and waterproof and basically impossible to lose. In comparison, this music card seems quite redundant.

"This was a fashion trend that suddenly emerged ten years ago. The Chamber of Commerce that produced music cards even sponsored a movie and TV series by Deda Rose with a large sum of money, just to bring the music card trend to the whole country." Sonia said, "At that time, I saw Deda Rose leaning against the window on the screen, the neon lights of the city and the stars in the night sky illuminated her frustrated face. She took out a music card and took off her headphones to listen to a song that only she could hear... How could a little girl bear this? I was instantly struck by consumerism."

"Looking back now, the music card manufacturing industry was quite good at seizing business opportunities. At that time, the Miracle Bracelet had not yet invented "directional sound". All videos played in public were played publicly, so many people hated the noisy environment. Products like music cards that combine privacy, mood, and uniqueness naturally had a large audience. Especially since Deda Rose was the favorite idol of young people, even Deda Rose's hairstyle and clothing were all the rage, not to mention this kind of movie and drama peripherals that are both fashionable and full of personality."

"As far as I can remember, various music cards were popular for about a year or two, until the Miracle Band was equipped with the "directional sound" function. Although there was still some sound leakage, it no longer made noise under normal circumstances, and music cards quickly withdrew from the market."

She held the white card between her fingers, with a hint of tenderness on her face. "I rarely ask my mother for anything... I don't know if you've watched "Fate/Stay Night". This movie and TV series created a trend. At that time, there were many movies and TV series with the theme of "all-powerful but bad wishing machines". When I watched it, I wondered if there was a wishing machine that was not all-powerful but would try to fulfill wishes?"

"The magician's miracle?" This was Ash's first reaction.

Sonia smiled and shook her head, turning the card in her hand: "It could also be mom."

"That year, I was almost saving enough money to buy a new farm machine, but I couldn't resist wanting a music card. I wanted to distinguish myself from my peers who were wasting their lives like pigs... Mom really bought it for me, although the price was that I had to buy the farm machine a year later and I had to work in the fields for an extra year. For a small girl in a small town, a popular item like this in the Galatian world was something she had to stand on tiptoe to touch."

"In fact, popular branded goods in Galaxies are not distributed to us at all. Although it is not considered pirated, what my mother bought was just low-quality imitation goods made by a small business association. Listen, isn't the sound quality worse than the Miracle Band?" Sonia said, "But I didn't care at that time. I listened to it when I was tired of studying and before going to bed. At that time, no one of my peers in the town had it, but I had it. I would be in the wind when I walked on the street with headphones on. This little vanity brought me happiness for a long time."

"Until now I still think that this music card is worth buying...Although I always think that I am different, but before I was admitted to university and left my hometown, what was the difference between me and others? I just need this little bit of vanity to satisfy myself."

Ash's heart moved, and he suddenly realized that this was the first time that Sonia had taken the initiative to talk to him about her youth. It's not that Sonia had any obligation to be honest, just like Ash had never mentioned his youth, but Ash knew that Sonia had always felt ashamed... In her most sensitive and vain youth, she was in an environment with the most scarce materials, just like a butterfly in a cocoon having to endure the appearance of a caterpillar... Who would be willing to talk about their past like a caterpillar?

It was for a similar reason that she was reluctant to bring Ash to meet her mother.

Now Sonia can talk about this past calmly, and even analyze her own ferocious emotions like a scalpel, because she has become strong enough that no one dares to laugh at her past, and even admires how such a vulgar cocoon can transform into such a beautiful butterfly.

"Ash."

Sonia held the music card between her fingers, the sun after the rain illuminating her face, her ruby ​​eyes brighter than ever.

“My life was originally as thin as a card,” she said, “but you wrote so many adventure stories with it, so it became a wonderful magician’s manual.”

Ash seemed to want to refute something, but Sonia touched his lips with her finger and shook her head, then sat down beside him gracefully and took out three hair ties from her pocket: "Help me tie my hair."